List of tallest buildings in Melbourne
| Tall buildings in Melbourne | |
|---|---|
| Tallest building | Australia 108 (2020) |
| Tallest building height | 316.7 m (1,039 ft) |
| First 150 m+ building | 140 William Street (1972) |
| Number of tall buildings | |
| Taller than 100 m (328 ft) | 153 (2025) |
| Taller than 150 m (492 ft) | 79 (2026) |
| Taller than 200 m (656 ft) | 30 (2026) |
| Taller than 300 m (984 ft) | 1 |
Melbourne is home to approximately 758 completed high-rise buildings. Of those completed and topped-out, 79 are defined as "skyscrapers" – buildings which reach a height of at least 150 metres (490 ft) – more than any other city in Australia. Overall, Melbourne's skyline ranks as the tallest in the Oceania region and the 24th-tallest in the world by the number of completed skyscrapers. As of 2026, the tallest building in Melbourne is the 100-storey Australia 108, which stands 317 metres (1,040 ft) in height; whilst being the second-tallest building in Australia, it is the tallest to roof.
Geographically, most of Melbourne's tallest skyscrapers are concentrated in the central business district (CBD); however, other locations of prominent skyscrapers and tall buildings in Melbourne include Box Hill, Carlton, Docklands, Southbank, South Melbourne, South Yarra and St Kilda Road. The CBD, defined by a grid of streets known as the Hoddle Grid, has a historically low central shopping area with a high rise cluster in the western financial district and another in the eastern end. Buildings are more densely packed in the west than the east, although the latter has some of the CBD's tallest buildings to architectural feature – 120 Collins Street and 101 Collins Street – whilst the West Side Place Tower A, located in the western district, is taller to roof. In the 2010s, another skyscraper cluster rose in the northern section, which contains the CBD's tallest building, Aurora Melbourne Central.
Historically, Melbourne has been associated with several architectural milestones and building height records in Australia. During a brief skyscraper boom from 1888 to 1892, the city was one of the first in the world to build numerous tall office buildings, alongside New York City and Chicago in the United States. This period produced the APA Building (1889), which was among Australia's first high-rise and its tallest at the time.
Melbourne later played an important role in post-war high-rise development with the construction of ICI House (Orica House) in 1958, widely regarded as Australia's first modern skyscraper. From 1986 to 2005, the city hosted Australia's tallest buildings in succession: the Rialto Towers (1986–1991), 101 Collins Street (1991) and 120 Collins Street (1991–2005). Since 2006, Melbourne has been the location of the second-tallest buildings in the country – Eureka Tower (2006–2020) and Australia 108 (2020–present) – both of which have maintained the title of tallest building in Australia measured to roof height, and surpassed in overall height only by Q1 on the Gold Coast.